Dougherty-Brantley-Ware County GaArchives Obituaries.....Johnston, George L. January 20, 2003
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The Albany Herald -  Obituaries
George L. Johnston

WAYCROSS — George L. Johnston, 83, died Monday morning (01-20-03) at the 
Satilla Care Center after an extended illness. He was a native of Brantley 
County, son of the late William R. Johnston and Minnie Mae Dryden Johnston 
Rawls. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as Chief Master Sergeant with twenty-
eight years of service during World War Two and the Korean Conflict. He had 
been making his home in Waycross since 1969, where he retired from Okefenokee 
RESA as a Technical Service Supervisor after 20 years of service. He was a 
member of Crawford Street Baptist Church and had served as Sunday School Clerk. 
A member of the Waycross Shrine Club where he served as Secretary for fourteen 
years. A member of the Hasan Temple of Albany, Ga., and the VFW Post #4382. He 
was preceded in death by a sister, Lillian Faye Warnock, two brothers, William 
Cornelius Johnston and Robert Olen Johnston, and a grandson, Dennis Joseph 
Puleo.

He is survived by his wife, Rezora Thompson Johnston of Waycross; a son, Dennis 
Michael Johnston, wife Judy of Kenner, La.; three daughters, Alice Catherine 
Volosin, husband Bob of Dundee, Fla., Jeanette Suzanne Braddock of 
Jacksonville, Fla., and Donna Leigh Hancock, husband Jerry of Waycross; a 
brother, W.A. "Arlie" Johnston of Hoboken; ten grandchildren, Laura Anne Wood, 
husband Ken of West Saleam, Ohio, Ada Renee Clark of Waycross, George Robert 
Braddock, wife Heather of Valdosta, Bobby Lee Braddock of Alma, Ga., Brett 
Dylan Braddock of Waycross, Anthony David Jacobs, wife Dana of Statesboro, Ga., 
Denise M. Baunbach and Rhett Paul Johnston, both of Kenner, La., Christy Karen 
Hancock and Jeremy Randall Hancock, both of Statesboro, Ga.; 13 great-
grandchildren. A number of nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

Funeral services will be held Thursday morning (01-23-03) at 11 a.m. at 
Crawford Street Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Hoboken Cemetery with 
military honors. The Waycross Shrine Club and the Timothy Sunday School Class 
will serve as honorary pallbearers. They are requested to gather at the church 
at 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning.

The family will receive friends at Miles-Odum Funeral Home from 6 p.m. until 8 
p.m. today.

Miles-Odum Funeral Home 

Waycross 912/283-2525 



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